alumni husband, Danny Simonsen, welcomed daughter Grace Michelle on April 27, 2010.
by Lissa Hatcher
Alumni submitted
Row one (left to right): Amy (Wood) Bernecker ('94), Mark Bernecker ('96), Vicki Vawter; Ryan & Mike Sykes
Travis Lilley (’99) married Emily Carter Hill of Richmond, Virginia, on April 10, 2011.
Row two: Jeremy & Amy Bartos
Mark Bernecker (’96) is the new managing director of The Mergis Group in Richmond, Virginia. Michele King (’97) presented research for the International Society for Board Game Studies in both 2010 (Paris) and 2011 (Belgium). Robin Abbott (’98) is in her second year serving as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates of the General Assembly. A lawyer and consumer advocate, her legislative committee assignments include finance and science and technology. Christopher Green (’98) received an MEd in adult education and an MS in engineering from Virginia Commonwealth University where he currently is working on his PhD in mechanical engineering.
Cathleen Braxton (’99) was recently hired as an adjunct professor at ITT Tech teaching juvenile justice. She received her master’s degree in criminal justice from Kaplan University.
Ansley Trice (’99) welcomed son Mays Hunter Trice on July 24, 2010. by Echard Wheeler
Elizabeth (Bonaventura) Harris (’98) earned an MHAL in 2006, an MBA in 2008 and a Black Belt Six Sigma Certificate in 2010. Gloria Hatcher (’98) is a business manager at Virginia Department of Health - Peninsula District. Melissa (Jackson) Howell (’98) serves as vice president of the Christopher Newport Alumni Society. She received her JD from William & Mary and currently works for Jackson Lewis LLP in Norfolk, Virginia. Jennifer JohnsonSimonsen (’98) and her
’00s Jeremy Bartos (’00) married his wife, Amy, on Aug. 7, 2010. They reside in Newport News. Kelly Peck (’00) is a vice president at TowneBank in Norfolk, Virginia. Marsharee (Jordan) Wharton (’00), after graduating from CNU with a degree in criminal justice, earned a master’s in human services from Liberty University in 2010. She is now employed with VABODE as a day treatment counselor in Newport News. Patrick Bethea (’01) was married to his wife, Kaite, on April 10, 2010.
Sarah (Sager) Bowman (’01) married George Bowman Jr. on Oct. 2, 2010. The couple currently resides in Yorktown, Virginia. Donald Cowell (’01) spent 30 years in the Coast Guard and retired as a CWO4 (BOSN) in Newport News in May 2010. Jessica (Kendall) Fanning (’01) married T.J. Fanning on May 1, 2010. Christy (Tomlinson) Morton (’01) was appointed deputy director of external affairs and policy development for the Office of Governor Robert F. McDonnell in Virginia. D. Michael Little (’02) owns Tire City in Newport News. Visit his business online at newportnewstirecity.com. Ryan (Smith) Sykes (’02) married Michael Sykes on July 24, 2010, after receiving a bachelor’s in nuclear medicine technology from Old Dominion University and her physician’s assistant degree from Eastern Virginia Medical School. They were married at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center in Newport News, coordinated by Antonia Christianson Events (see next entry).
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